Greatest match of all time……….

Not the result we wanted but as a 90 mins of non stop ups and downs the CL QF v Spurs must be one of the best games ever
 
Big Swifty said:
Easy - Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3

Euro Cup Final in Glasgow 1960. The BBC showed it live (black & white) and I was transfixed. I'd never seen football like it.

Am I the only one to have seen it and raved over it?
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Nope. I'm with you. It was shown to us at school, on film reels believe it or not. We just kept gasping. Never seen anything like it. This would have been in about ’67, I think.
That said, you have to wonder. The marking and general sophistication of defences in stifling creativity was nothing to do with today. Look carefully at the space Gento gets down the wing, for example. He has the freedom of the touchline.
Discovered the other day that Puskas never got the Ballon d'Or. Which, for me, seriously discredits that award.
Would love to have seen the two Hungary matches against England in the 50s. But that's really before my time. They were the wake-up call for England, apparently. The English finally understood that they had to start participating regularly in World Cups and European club competitions, and just generally get up to speed.
 
Big Swifty said:
Easy - Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3

Euro Cup Final in Glasgow 1960. The BBC showed it live (black & white) and I was transfixed. I'd never seen football like it.

Am I the only one to have seen it and raved over it?
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My dad, a lifelong Blue, said this was the greatest game he ever saw. Similar to yourself he watched it on a black and white TV, and was mesmerised by the football that was played in that match. He said it will never be repeated. A mate of his who moved down from Scotland actually had the privilege of being there as a schoolboy to see it. A few of the schools in Glasgow got an allocation of tickets for some of the kids to go.
 
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